The chimney smoke from the Sistine Chapel is the most watched signal during conclave, which started on May 7. Only two colors ...

Officials of the Catholic Church are gathering to select Pope Francis' successor during the papal conclave. Watch here for ...

A new pope will be selected when a candidate gets a two-thirds-plus-one majority vote by the cardinal electors. White smoke ...

Here's how the conclave creates black and white smoke and why the Catholic Church began using them to signal whether a new ...

No cameras will be allowed inside the church during the vote, so the result will remain secret until white smoke emerges from ...

carbon-rich black smoke. Over the years, the papal conclave smoke signal has evolved from an incidental byproduct of burning ballots into a carefully engineered communication tool. Today ...

Rather than soot, the smoke contains microscopic droplets and fine solids that are transparent or white. The result is a ...

When that happens, white smoke rises from the Sistine Chapel's chimney. If the two-thirds majority is not reached, black ...

The smoke signals that the 133 cardinals have voted but haven’t reached a two-thirds consensus required to elect a successor ...

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White smoke billowed over the Vatican on the first full day of voting, but this was not quite the fastest conclave in history ...

You can help confirm this entry by contributing facts, media, and other evidence of notability and mutation. The papal conclave smoke signal is a traditional method used by the College of Cardinals to ...